Birdcage-base construction



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A. M. KROCZEK BIRDCAGE BASE CONSTRUCTON Filed Agust 5, 19524 INVENTOR ATTORNEY having oppositely disposed recesses 2 de- Patented Sept. 21, 1926.

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Emporion-BASE consrniicrionr f ApplicatonIed August 5, 1924. Serial No. 730,254.

This invention relates to a. bird cage base construction and hasvfor its primary object a construction whereby ther bottom is more effectively vheld in place. and more readily disconnected when desired.

An object of the invention .is the construction of a removable b'asewliich will be positively held against accidental displacement.

A feature of my invention is the novel manner of shaping the bottom and associating same with the ring so that a very substantial construction is attained.

With these and other objects in view the invention will be better understood from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein: Y

Fig. 1 is a sectional view of my improved pressed therein. The removable bottom 3 is stamped to provide a plurality of trays 4 and marginal flange 5 having snug sliding engagement with the interior surface of the ring. Oppositely disposed leaf springs 5b are fixed to the bottom and carry lugs or catches 6. These catches 6 are slidable through openings 6 formed in the marginal flange 5 as shown in Fig. 2- for snapping j engagement into the recesses 2. Aligned control rods 7 are slidably supported on thel bottom member by means of brackets 7 and are connected to the springs for retract ing the catches from the recesses and these rods have their adjacent ends bent into linger grips 8. y

As illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing the ring 1 has an inwardly curved portion 1 adapted for engagement with a similar inwardly curved portion 2 formed on the marginal flange 5 below the top edge 5 thereof.

This construction is such that when the base 3 is inserted in operative position with respect to the ring the curved portions 1 and 2 serve to properly locate the catches 6 for snapping engagement int-o the recesses 2.

IF rom the foregoing description '-talreiiin connection lwith the accompanying drawing it will be apparent vthat by engaging the finger grips and forcing same towardsyeach other the springs will be readily retracted for moving fthe catches out of engagement with the. recesses for allowing the ready removal of the bottom. To place thebottoni `in positionit is only necessaryy to- 'force thebottom upwardly into posit-ioii as the snap action of the catches will bring about proper engagement to lock the bottom iii position.

1t is, ofcourse, to be understood that the env bottoni may be given other shapes than illustrated and various other snap devices may be utilized for bringing engagement between the bottom and the fiange,l therefore, I do not desire to be limited in any manner eX-' cept as set forth in the claimshereiinto appended.

Having thus described my invention what I claim isel. A bird cage base construction including a base ring having outwardly depressed portions providing opposite recesses, a bot- Atom member having a marginal flange adapted for slidable insertion in the base ring, and means carried by the bottom mem-v ber for releasably locking the bottom meml ber within the baseV rin(r said means ine ED? cluding oppositely disposed resilient members carriedby the bottom member and provided with projecting portions adapted for snapping engagement with the recesses.

2. A bird cage base construction including a Ybase ring having outwardly depressed portions providing opposite recessesya bottom member having a marginal iange adapted for slidable linsertion in the base ring,

means carried vbythe bottom member for releasably locking the bottoni member within the base ring, said means including oppositely disposed resilieiit'members carried by the bottom member and provided with j projecting portions adapted for snappingY y engagement with the recesses, andmeans L for disengaging the projecting portions from the recesses, said means including aligned.

members supported for slidable movement on the bottom member and having end portions connected to the resilient members and having adjacent end portions angledto pro'- vide finger gripping portions.

3. A bird cage base construction including a base member having an inwardly eurvedijportion, a base ring slida'bly receiving theba'se member and having an inwardly curved portion in abutment with the in Wardly curved portion of -tlie base member Y and having opposite depressed portions providing` recesses, and 'means carried tby the base `member for releasably looking the base member Within the base Vring", .said `means iineluding oatoli members adapted for engage# menft in'tne `reoesses 'and resilient' means for normally fholding"tl-1eoatfc'li members 'Within the recesses.

4,* -b'irdiea'gev "base eonstrn/otion'inolnding va 'base member having an y inwardly curved portion, afbase ring slidab'ly kreceivingvthe `base member and having an inward* vcurved yportion in abutment With the ini wardly'ourved portion of :the vrbase member *Y portions.

with.',theureC-esses and resilient means for normally holding the catch members'vlithin lthe recesses,l :and means for disengaging the projecting portions rom'therreoesses, said mea-ns including aligned members supported for vslidable'movement on the bottom .member and having'end portions connected Ato Y-tlife resilient vmembers and hav-ing adjacent lend portions angled to Y In testimony whereof I my signature? zoY l yprovidelinger gripping 

